By John Corrado A thoroughly engaging look at what it takes to live on the edge of the planet, the spectacularly filmed documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice opens today at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. Tickets and showtimes are right here. Although many workers and scientists populate the base camps and research stations over… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Every year, The Nutcracker ballet is performed all over the world, the music of Tchaikovsky providing one of the many sounds of the Christmas season. But what exactly goes into staging a ballet that features so many dancers and is often performed with a young cast? This is exactly what the confectionary documentary Getting to… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Elliot “White Lightening” Scott dreams of being Canada’s first action hero, making amateurish and super low budget martial arts films with his long suffering girlfriend Linda Lum, starring his aspiring method actor friend Blake Zwicker. Shot on the fly around New Brunswick, the action films in question are… Read More Review: Kung Fu Elliot
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) The North Dakota oil fields are taking their toll on the environment and natural landscapes, but they are also providing jobs for men struggling to find work. The men are grateful for the opportunity to make money, but they are left needing a roof over their heads, many… Read More Review: The Overnighters
By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs, Beyond Clueless is circling back to Toronto and playing twice this weekend at the Bloor Cinema, with tonight’s screening appropriately followed by a special showing of the 2004 film EuroTrip. Tickets and showtimes are right here. After John Hughes all but defined the high school genre in the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Beyond Clueless
By John Corrado Two of the year’s best documentaries are opening this weekend with Art and Craft and Harmontown both starting limited runs at the Bloor Cinema, a pair of standouts from Hot Docs that come highly recommended. The former will be playing until October 16th, with the latter wrapping up a week earlier on… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Art and Craft and Harmontown
By John Corrado After premiering to a standing ovation at Hot Docs, To Be Takei is circling back to Toronto this weekend for a limited run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Showtimes and tickets are right here. First gaining fame as Sulu on Star Trek, George Takei has found a dedicated and enduring fanbase over… Read More TIFF Bell Lightbox Release: To Be Takei
By John Corrado After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and premiering in Toronto during Hot Docs, Rich Hill is opening at the Bloor Cinema today. The critically acclaimed film will run until August 28th, tickets and showtimes are right here. Andrew is very close to his family, but lives with the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Rich Hill
By John Corrado After premiering at TIFF last year, and coming back to the city for Inside Out, The Dog is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this weekend and will be playing until August 21st. Showtimes and tickets are right here. After holding up a bank to try and fund his partner’s sex… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Dog
Today, Bears is being released on Blu-ray. The latest wildlife adventure from Disneynature, the film follows a year in the life of Sky and her two adorable cubs, as they come of age against the stunningly captured backdrop of the Alaskan Peninsula. We reviewed Bears when the film opened in theatres this past April, and our overall… Read More Blu-ray Release: Disneynature’s Bears
By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs and emerging as one of the best films at the festival, An Honest Liar is opening at the Bloor Cinema today. James Randi will be around for a Q&A after tonight’s screening, and the film will be playing numerous times until August 21st, tickets and showtimes are right… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: An Honest Liar
After picking up the Audience Award for Best Documentary at this year’s Sundance, Alive Inside is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto this weekend, and will be playing multiple times until July 31st. Showtimes and tickets are right here. Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett, the film follows Dan Cohen, the founder of the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Alive Inside
After premiering at TIFF last year, Phase 4 Films is releasing Made in America on all home entertainment platforms today, including video on demand. Directed by Ron Howard, the documentary follows the staging of the Made in America music festival in Philadelphia, a massive outdoor concert masterminded by iconic rapper Jay Z. The idea is… Read More Digital Release: Made in America
Today, Paramount is releasing Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 on DVD & Blu-ray. A companion to last year’s admittedly amusing Bad Grandpa, this new feature takes us behind the scenes of the impressive makeup which got the film an Oscar nomination, edited together with some very funny interviews and outtakes involving Ellie (Catherine Keener) and… Read More DVD Release: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
By John Corrado Two of the best and most important documentaries of 2014 are opening this weekend, with The Case Against 8 and The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz both starting limited runs at the Bloor Cinema today. These are invaluable films that chart the moving human stories behind recent political history,… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Case Against 8 and The Internet’s Own Boy
By John Corrado After premiering at Hot Docs back in 2013, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne is finally opening at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, and will be playing multiple times until next Thursday. Tickets and showtimes are right here. Although on the surface the 81-year-old Doris Payne seems like a sweet elderly… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Tim’s Vermeer – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/ Blu-ray Release Date: June 10th, 2014 Rated PG for language Running time: 80 minutes Teller (dir.) Conrad Pope (music) Tim Jenison as Himself Penn Jillette as Himself Philip Steadman as Himself David Hockney as Himself Our reviews below: _________________________________________ Tim’s Vermeer Blu-ray Review By John Corrado ****… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tim’s Vermeer
By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs back in 2013, Brothers Hypnotic is finally circling back to Toronto this weekend, and will be playing a couple more times until next Thursday at the Bloor Cinema. I enjoyed this one at last year’s festival, and tickets can be found right here. The eight members of the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Brothers Hypnotic
By John Corrado After premiering at Hot Docs a few weeks back, 112 Weddings is opening today at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, and will be playing numerous times over the next week. Below are my thoughts on the film, originally published during the festival. Documentarian Doug Block has filmed over a hundred weddings, leaving… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: 112 Weddings
By John Corrado After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life is opening tomorrow at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and will be playing a few more times until May 20th, co-presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Tickets can be found right here, and the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
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